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Last night the local Prepper Net’s topic was vegetarian/vegan diets and how they might benefit the prepper during times when meat might not be available. When the topic was announced I just kind of rolled my eyes – I’m not a vegan or vegetarian and my gut reaction was this is just another area of my life where Political Correctness (PC) was showing its ugly face. I was wrong (should have known better knowing this group) and it was actually a pretty good discussion.

First up was a guy who I also know in person from the monthly prepper meetup I go to. He’d just completed a 12 week Healthy Heart course put on by a local hospital and had lots of tips on how to reduce your intake of meat and lots of other unhealthy crap that some of us eat. He pointed out that trying to go “cold turkey” into a heart healthy diet is probably doomed to fail. The key is to make a small adjustment, adapt to the adjustment, then make further adjustment. For example, instead of eating meat 3 meals every day, start by cutting it to 2 meals a day. Then instead of having it 7 days a week, cut it to 6 days a week.

Does this have anything to do with prepping? In my opinion, it has a LOT to do with prepping because a healthy diet helps you get in shape, and being in shape will be really important after SHTF.